Hair-drying apparatus.



No. 666,638. v Patented Ian. 29,I90l. S. W. BEEBE.

HAIR DRYING APPARATUS.

(Application led uur. 21, 1909.) (No Model.) l 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 -m'nesses Inzjeiz l .fee Weee.,

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Patented lan. 29, I90I.

s. w. BEEBE. HAB DRYING APPARATUS.

(Application led Mar. 21, 1900.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STEPHEN W. BEEBE, OF AKRON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO LYDA C. BEE-BE, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

HAIR-DRYING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 666,638, dated January 29, 1901.

Application filed March 21, 1900. Serial No. 9,486. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, STEPHEN W. BEEBE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Hair Drying Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to improvements in devices for drying the human hair, particularly of women, after bathing or after it has been washed.

One object of my invention is to produce a new and improved apparatus of the class named which can become an appliance of the toilet and can be adjusted to different heights to meet the convenience of the user, can be readily put in operation, and after use can be folded and'collapsed, so as to occupy a limited space.

A further object is to adapt it to applyvapors, either medicated or steam, for treatment of the hair or scalp.

To the aforesaid objects my invention consists in the peculiar and novel construction, arrangement, and combination of parts hereinafter described and then specifically pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar reference-numerals indicate like parts in the different views, Figure 1 shows a preferred form of my apparatus; Fig. 2, a cen'- trai vertical section ot' the same at the line X X of Fig. 3; Fig. 3, a horizontal section of the same at the line W W of Fig. 2; Fig. 4, an enlarged View of the hood-bow joint in section at the line e' ,z of Fig.,5; Fig. 5, a plan of the same in section at the line Y Y of Fig. 4; Fig. 6, a View in central section of a portion of a modified formof the device. Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail ofthe hood in vertical central section, showing it expanded; and Fig. 8, a similar detail showing the hood closed or collapsed.A

Referring, to the figures, 1 is a metallic stand provided with two concentric raised flanges 2 3, extending slightly over one-half of a circle. To the outer fiange 2 issecured, by rivets or screws, a pipe 4, of sheet metal, Russia iron being preferred, and to the inner flange a smaller pipe 5, of like material, but shorter than the other. Both pipes 4 and 5 are cut away in the same curved plane at one side to permit the introduction of an alcohollamp 6, and the pipe 4 is perforated at the side, near the bottom, as shown in Fig. 1. In the pipe 5, near the top, is attached at one side a plate 27, curved toward the opposite side to deflect the heat to one side and shield the blaze of the lamp and throw the heat to the roots of the hair. In the top of the pipe 5 are fastened a number of short bars 7 with lugs extending inward to form a seat for a cup (indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2) to hold the fluid to be Vaporized. `Fitted to inclose and slide on the pipe 4 is a pipe 8, converging from the top and mainly held at any height by frictional engagement with the pipe 4; but to insure greater retaining force a spring 9 is fastened near the inner top of the pipe 8, extending downward and normally tending to have its free end project toward the center of the pipe and the free end under a strap 10 in the inner top of the pipe 4. By this arrangement the pipes 4 and 8 are adapted to telescopic compression when desired. In the upper end of the pipe 8 is fitted a third pipe 11, also converging from the top and detachably connected by means of a bayonet-fastening 12. To the inner top of the pipe 11 is attached a fiat metallic strap 13, bent to project horizontally outward from the pipe and with its outer end bent downward. To the top of the pipe 1l is attached a hood 14, of cloth, supported by bows 15 and 16 at the back and front, respectively, and intermediate bows 17, the back and front bows being preferably heavier than the intermediate bows, as indicated in Fig. 4. These bows are of wire, their ends united by brazing or other approved method, forming perfect rings, excepting the front and back ones. The bows 15 and 16 have U -beuds at one side, as indicated in Figs. 4 and 5. The bows are all mounted under the strap 13, with the bent portions of 15 and 16 extending toward the center, with a wide metallic strap 18 around the straight portion of the bow 16 and having its center cut away to permit movement of the bent portion. This strap extends backward and is perforated to receive a bolt 19,

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which passes through the bent part of the bow15. The intermediate bows lie between the bows 15 and 16, and under all is a flat spring 20 and an auxiliary spring 2l, retained by a nut on the bolt 19. By this arrangement the hood may be folded back like a carriage top and when drawn forward is retained in a strained condition. The general shape of this hood is that of an ordinary stovepipeelbow and is open at both ends. The lower part of this hood immediately above the pipe 11 is permanently held in place by the bow 15, a loop or eye of which, as before described, being clamped between the spring 2O and the iiat portion of the strap 18 by the bolt 19.`

The spring 20 serves the same purpose against the knuckle or bend of the bow 16 as a knifeblade spring, so that when the hood is in the position indicated in Fig. 8 it exerts its force to prevent an upward raising or expanding of the hood by lifting the bow 16, unless by the desire of the operator, when by the necessary, force the operator overcomes the strength of the spring 20, causing it to bend downward, and it is held in this position after the bow 16 has been swung to the limit of its movement, which is regulated by the amount of fullness of cloth between the various bows constituting the hood. The manner of folding the hood in collapsing it is the same as the collapsing of a bellows, the cloth between the bows folding back on itself. The back lower part of the hood has a ring 22, that loosely incloses the top of the upper pipe 11.

In the modification shown in Fig. 6 the pipes 8 and 11 are dispensed with and an extensible bar 23 is fastened by a set-screw 24 to the pipe 4 and supports at its upper end the hood-bow hinge, while the place of the pipes 8 and 1l is supplied by a cloth tube 25, attached to the ring 22, which hangs downward, inclosing the top of the pipe 4, and is retained by the weight of a ring 26 at its lower end. This latter construction is designed for travelers, where little space can be spared for the other pipes.

In operation the lamp is lighted and its flame graduated to give the desired degree of heat. The heat of the dame causes a current of heated air to rise through the pipe and also draws air between the pipes 4 and 5, which mingles with and tempers the heated air. Where vapors are needed, a cup is placed in the lugs of bars 7, containing the liquid to be vaporized. The tubes are adj usted to bring the hood to thedesired height, and the user sitting with her back to the apparatus places vthe back of her head in the hood, vwith her hair hanging inside of it and down the pipes, where it receives the action of the currents of air arising through them. To insure the hair, when very long, from falling down so near the lamp as to be in danger from the heat, a net 28 may be suspended in the pipe, which will also support and tend to spread the hair.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isi 1. An improved device for creating a current of Warm air for drying hair, consisting of a stand with means for retaining two concentric sheet-metal tubes with an air-space between them, a lamp within-said inner tube on said base, perforations in said base between said tubes, and perforations near the base of said outer tube, substantially as shown and described.

2. An improved hood for a hair-drying apparatus consisting of a cover supported by bows, a box to retain said bows, a spring located at the under side of said box to retain said bows in a desired position, in combination with a telescopic pipe, and means for creating a current of heated air therein, and bearing, at its upper end, said box containing said bows, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the above I hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

STEPHEN W. BEEBE.

In presence of C. P. HUMPHREY, C. E. HUMPHREY. 

